Well, Michael, as you know from having taken a few rides in it, I drive a Volvo...I am relieved therefore to know that I am in the left-leaning camp ;), though I have a feeling that when others on this list know about my automobile, I will be banned from joining in on the peace demonstrations and activities on Saturday. I do happen to have a beat up old van...perhaps I should drive that to the demo instead so as to make the proper fashion statement ;)
Thomas
===== <<The concept of Empire is presented as a global concert
under the direction of a single conductor, a unitary power
that maintains the social peace and produces its ethical
truths. And in order to achieve these ends,the single
power is given the necessary force to conduct, when
necessary, "just wars" at the borders against
the barbarians and internally against the rebellious>> Hardt & Negri "Empire"
Hehhhhhhhhh! Remember coming back up Highway 1 from Santa Cruz, the steering column was so far aligned leftwards the Volvo with you and I, a copy of, "Empire, " and a novel by Don deLillo, went careening over the cliff towards the Pacific Ocean? Then Mao came down from the clouds with Jerry Tung, Mike Klonsky, Thomas Pynchon, William T. Vollman, John Cale and Ram Dass, and saved us right before we were gonna hit the water. Man that was close. Get that fixed. Michael Pugliese